"severe opposition" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe a feeling of strong opposition or resistance to an idea or action that has been taken. For example, "The mayor faced severe opposition when proposing the tax increase."
Berengar's restatement of these views aroused severe opposition.
Gratitude is owed to President George W. Bush for staying the course in face of severe opposition.
Consequently, if Bush really meant it when he said "I do, too," it would entail a radical change in policy that would engender severe opposition.
This is the firm determination I have, and I am going ahead with reforms, sometimes in the face of severe opposition, but I am determined to do it.
The bill made its way through the House of Commons in 2013 in the face of severe opposition from many of his backbenchers and activists but the support of opposition parties.
Australia currently has no policy to reduce carbon emissions, with the Coalition's preferred replacement for carbon pricing, the Direct Action climate plan, facing severe opposition from Labor, the Greens and the Palmer United party in the Senate.
American and its partners also argued that a JAL-Delta tie-up would face severe regulatory opposition in the United States "because of the stranglehold this combination would hold on Japan-USA travel, with more than 60percentt of the market".
Recently, though, the A.K.P. has faced severe public opposition to some of its projects, including legislation that limits the sale of alcohol as well as the catalyst for the protests: his plan to uproot hundreds of trees and turn a park adjacent to Istanbul's largest square into a shopping mall.
However, the project has been canceled in the meantime due to severe local opposition and a lack of a regulatory CCS framework.
As the P5+1 and Iran negotiate over the future of Iran's nuclear program, some have begun to argue that the Iranian people are so supportive of reaching a deal that the Iranian government would face severe public opposition if it does not come to an agreement with world powers.
According to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the past two weeks have been particularly severe in opposition-held areas near Damascuswhere two hospitals have been bombed, the last remaining doctor in the nearby town of Zabadani shot dead by a sniper, vital medical items being removed from aid convoys and access to critically deprived areas remain blocked.
